The Speed of
Dreams
If the false arguments that the war against Iraq was a war "against
terrorism" have collapsed, the real reasons are now emerging, more
than a year after Hussein's statue was pulled down, aided by the
tanks of the US war, and a euphoric Bush erected another one to
himself declaring an end to the war
A Message from
Marcos - August 2004
Marcos breaks the silence with new communiques detailing what the
Zapatistas have been up to
Two Flaws - August
2004
There are two mistakes which seem to have persisted in Zapatista
political work: the place of women, on the one hand, and, on the
other, the relationship between the political-military structure and
the autonomous governments.
Three Shoulders
August 2004
So we rose up in arms one first day of January in the year of 1994Éin
order to seek another shoulder which would help us walk, that is, to
exist.
Four Fallacies about
the Good Government Juntas - August 2004
These were brandished by intellectuals of the right, judges,
legislators and officials in order to oppose the San Andrés
Accords, and the putting into practice of those accords with the
creation of the caracoles and the Good Government Juntas
Five Decisions of
Good Government August
Marcos details the first year of the Good Government Juntas in which
some internal accords were formalized and new decisions were defined
Six Advances -
August
This is what the zapatista peoples are doing. They're not waiting for
the government to give them charity and speeches. They are working to
improve their living conditions, and they are achieving that.
Seven Days in Zapatista
Territory - August
A snapshot of what is happening on the ground
Enter Durito -
August
And so, when no one is expecting it (including me), a beetle appears
on the screen (or on the paper) with the following speech:
History
of a Zapatista Village
The history of this place forms a quick summation of the history of
the Chiapas indigenous. And, in some parts, of all the indigenous of
the Mexican southeast, not just of the zapatistas.
Marcos
on responses to the 6th declaration
A Penguin in the Selva Lacandona
Macos of the EZLN responds to some of the responses they have
received to the text of the 6th declaration. He goes on to ask what
impact all the international and national solidarity has had on the
children who have grown up during the Zapatista rebellion
The
reasons for the Red Alert
EZLN reveal that the reason for the Red Alert is to allow a consulta
to take place on the future direction of the organisation. During a
previous consulta the army attacked them so this is a precautionary
measure.
A
letter of explanation...and/or, perhaps, farewell
A letter from Marcos
Marcos summarises the work of the Zapatistas to date and the betrayal
of the peace deal by all the political parties. He says the results
of the Consulta process should soon be known. "Now we shall decide
whether we are going to do something else, and we will make the
results public at the proper time. We are now making clear - in order
to end the speculations - that this "other thing" does not entail any
offensive military action on our part. We are not, on our part,
planning nor discussing reinitiating offensive military combat."
Text of speeches